Word of the Day – Polygamy

In an effort to educate the nominally literate and inform those with sufficient humility to understand their own lack of comprehension, Esme offers the correct definition of misunderstood words…

Polygamy

1. (noun – pronunciation note: poly gamey) A parrot with chronic halitosis, perspiration rash and nuclear flatulence.
   Example: They couldn’t tolerate it in the house so the polygamy had to be in the garden shed.
2. (noun – pronunciation similar) a parrot who spends the children’s inheritance online gambling.
   Example: Thanks to the polygamy they had to sell the house.

If you have any words whose meaning escapes you, Esme Crockford is always happy to share her lexicographical knowledge and penetrating insight into the English language.